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The boss of a gang disappears with a small fortune. His loyal gang members start to search for him but their methods are both gory and aggressive. One of the members of a rival gang is Ichi, a psychopathic killer with a mysterious past...Product Identifiers
ProducerYuchul Cho, Toyoyuki Yokohama, Elliott Tong, Dai Miyazaki, Akiko Funatsu
EAN5032438508044
eBay Product ID (ePID)3950565
Product Key Features
ActorSusumu Terajima, Nao Omori, Sabu, Alien Sun, Tadanobu Asano, Shinya Tsukamoto
Film/TV TitleIchi the Killer
DirectorTakashi Miike
LanguageJapanese
Run Time120 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
FeaturesCollector's Edition\Feature Length Audio Commentary With Bey Logan And Alien Sun And Eliot Tong\Interview With Miike Takashi\Interview With Alien Sun\Interview With Tadanobu And Shinya Tsukamoto\Original Theatrical Trailer\UK Campaign Trailer\Behind The Scenes Vignettes\Outtakes\Behind The Scenes Footage\Photo Gallery Featuring Behind The Scenes Images And Campaign Artwork\Text Biographies\Filmographies For Cast Members, Widescreen
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureJapan
ComposerKarera Musication
Executive ProducerSumiji Miyake, Albert Yeung
Additional InformationProlific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film heartthrob Tadanobu Asano), a masochistic yakuza lieutenant, has slits in his cheeks through which he blows cigarette smoke and gleefully hacks off his own tongue to apologize for his impudence. Then there's eponymous assassin (Nao Omori), a painfully shy but sadistic young voyeur who wears a leather superhero outfit to work. Manipulated by the cagey and mysterious Jijii (English translation: "Gramps," Shinya Tsukamoto), Ichi lashes out and massacres those Jijii deems bullies, and basically anyone else who upsets his frail psyche. Jijii uses the demented lad to start a bloody war between rival yakuza factions. Miike's film is full of grotesquely over-the-top violent set pieces, including flying entrails, graphic mutilations, and even a severed human face splattered against a wall and slowly sliding to the ground. It's all captured with kinetic camerawork and hyperactive editing. It's not for everyone, but bolder viewers will find it uniquely entertaining.
ScreenwriterSakichi Sato
AuthorHideo Yamamoto
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleIchi The Killer
Director of PhotographyHideo Yamamoto